SHIPPENSBURG - Shippensburg University on Friday announced that senior Tamara Ovejera, a psychology major and member of the women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams, passed away.

Ovejera, from Frederick, Maryland, was the 2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference indoor champion in shot put, winning on a school-record throw of 48 feet, 0 ½ inches (14.64 meters). She competed in indoor track and field at SU for three seasons, beginning in the 2014-15 school year. Her career with indoor track and field ended in March with All-America Second Team honors (12th place) in the shot put.

She was set to begin her last year of athletic eligibility in outdoors track and field this upcoming March. She previously set school records in the shot put (47 feet, 11 1/4 inches), discus (159 feet, 6 inches) and hammer (169 feet, 7 inches).

In its statement, SU said the Counseling Center was available to students needing support.

Overjera was born in 1994. The university did not provide further information.